The man with a cancer caused by HPV

Steve Bergman was ‘fit and healthy’ when he got throat cancer as a result of an HPV infection. He talks frankly about this life-threatening experience and why he’s now campaigning for the HPV vaccine for boys.* Watch Steve’s video opposite.
(15 mins)

* In Steve’s interview because of the poor quality of the original sound recording, the interview questions were rerecorded during the editing process.

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